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(UNISON are supporting their members who are pension trustees/activists to join)
The Global Union’s Committee on Workers'
Capital (CWC) is a network of pension trustees and staff dedicated to ensuring
that employee retirement assets are invested responsibly. The CWC is initiating
the Labor Rights Investor Network, a new investor education and exchange
network that will offer resources and actionable information to help investors
better engage portfolio companies on labor rights issues, including freedom of
association, collective bargaining, and health & safety . We encourage you
to follow the registration link below and join us to hear more about this
exciting new initiative.
Mikail Husain (he/him)
ESG Analyst | SOC Investment
Group
"Investors have three reasons to advance their stewardship of labour rights. First, labour rights are human rights and investors have responsibilities to respect these rights in their investment and stewardship decisions. Second, respect for labour rights enables investors to mitigate systemic and company-specific risks. And third, freedom of association and collective bargaining, along with other worker rights such as the right to a safe and healthy workplace, can improve corporate performance.
The Labour
Rights Investors Network will provide investors with the
actionable information they need to engage on labour issues, uphold their
responsibilities to respect human rights, mitigate workplace risks, and drive
stronger returns. An initiative of the Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’
Capital (CWC), the Network will offer events and resources,
including regular opportunities for education and exchange on issues such as
identifying labour risks, the impact of different legal contexts, and how
stewardship can improve transparency and performance on freedom of association
and collective bargaining. The Network will provide written resources, bring
workers to share their experiences, and connect investors to experts in such
areas as international labour standards, country-specific labour laws, and
workplace health and safety.
Our first webinar will provide a
selection of the types of content the Network will offer. You will hear from
workers who have experienced labour risks firsthand, learn about one company’s
approach to mitigating that risk, hear from an investor on why freedom of
association is an important topic for stewardship, and have a chance to ask an
international labour rights expert questions. We will present an overview of
the network and what you can expect from joining.
We are hosting two sessions of this
webinar and invite you to register for the session that best fits your time
zone and schedule as both events will follow the same agenda. You are invited
to join one of the following two options:
- Option 1
(Australia/North America): Wednesday November 15th at 3pm Eastern
Standard Time / 12pm Pacific Time/ 9pm CEST | Thursday November 16th at
7:00am Australian Eastern Daylight Time. REGISTER HERE
- Option 2
(Europe/North America): Monday November 20th at 3pm Central
European Time / 9am Eastern Standard Time/ 6am Pacific Time. REGISTER HERE
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